Don’t you love it when you hear the story behind a good song? I realize that there are some songs that were just hammered out, or written against a tight deadline with little or no thought to what was being written. Even songwriting giants have resorted to it from time to time. “She love youContinue reading “Behind the Music”
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Sometimes I See Deer
I’ve gained a little weight in the off season. Winter. Yuk. I usually ride a lot in the winter. But this year I’ve gotten lazy. Or old. Or both. Anyway, I decided that I need to get back on the bike more consistently, so here I go, riding to work today. The bonus is thatContinue reading “Sometimes I See Deer”
Vertical Connection
“It was my first Christmas in sixty-two years without her. I don’t know how to act.” That was the first thing he said as we sat down to lunch. Arby’s. It was his idea. His wife had died about two months earlier, one day after her eighty-first birthday. At her memorial service, their pastor encouragedContinue reading “Vertical Connection”
No Regerts
We finished your tag. What do you think? Its PERFECT! No regerts!
Don’t Tell Mom
Spencer and I used to say that to each other all the time. Any time we were doing something we knew she would not approve of, but we couldn’t wait to tell someone about, we said, “don’t tell mom.” Spent more money than we should have? Fine. DON’T TELL MOM. Bought something she thinks isContinue reading “Don’t Tell Mom”
David Gates and Bread, Really?
Life is weird sometimes. Have you ever been sitting around with nothing else to do, and a song comes on the radio, and you think to yourself, “I wonder if that guy is still alive?” And so you start researching the artist, and then you say, “wow, I had no idea?” Does that ever happenContinue reading “David Gates and Bread, Really?”
Steinbeck Who?
I love John Steinbeck’s writing. It is clever and intelligent. No word is a waste of time or ink or space or paper. I reckon I’ll never forget the first time I read Grapes of Wrath. I was an undergrad, in my twenties, and rarely, if ever, used profanity. But when I read the lastContinue reading “Steinbeck Who?”
It Always Costs Less to Go First Class
An old banker said that to me once. We were standing in the middle of a huge, beautiful compound situated on the shores of the Lake of the Ozarks, which was owned by the bank where we worked. He was responding to one person’s reaction to the cost of the bicycle I owned at theContinue reading “It Always Costs Less to Go First Class”
Keep Your Eyes Peeled
I started commuting by bicycle a long time ago. It was so long ago I have to get my calculator to know for sure. Let’s see…I was living in Norman, Oklahoma, and had just started back to school. 1993. That is 29 years. Twenty. Nine. Years. Man. Time sure gets away from us. I neverContinue reading “Keep Your Eyes Peeled”
Sharp Dressed Man
“Clean shirt, new shoesAnd I don’t know where I am goin’ toSilk suit, black tie (black tie)I don’t need a reason why they come runnin’ just as fast as they can‘Cause every girl crazy ’bout a sharp-dressed man” I was never much on ZZ Top. Rock and roll was never my bag. Oh wait, sorry.Continue reading “Sharp Dressed Man”
Out Here in the Middle 